Arrival

I moved to Cambridge on Saturday the 27th of September 2008.

We hired a car and two kind friends helped me and my stuff get to Cambridge. We left at some hellish hour (before 6am). It was a gloomy affair because even when the sun did rise it was choked by thick mist for most of the day. Pictures of the trip can be found here (if you have access).

After navigating our way here (GPS rocks!), I got my keys from a kind porter and went to go and see my new abode. But the keys didn't work and I had to go back to the porter to get a new set. I was happy with my room but not at the prospect of unpacking everything.

After my friends helped my lug all my stuff into the room we went for breakfast at a little French place called Cafe Rouge which treated us to an awesome breakfast. My friends bade me farewell and I promptly fell asleep on my bed!

A awoke to unpack and fix my room. My friend who gave me the tour in August came around, we did some shopping, watched a movie on my PC and thereafter I retired to get a good night's sleep to face the new day and all its possibilities.

The next day I got to meet some of my house mates. Most of which are new graduates like myself (ie: freshers). Two of my house mates are long standing Johnians and one of them took us freshers on a bit of a tour around Cambridge and also to some shopping centres to get some supplies or overlooked necessities. During our tour we went to a church service at King's chapel (it was a Sunday after all). The choir was great the the chapel was quite pretty. After that we went punting and I can see how, in the summer months, this will be a great retreat from the pressures of academic life. I was fairly good at keeping the boat straight and eagerly await opportunities to get better.

The next few days were full of getting supplies, sorting out administration (of which there seemed to be a never ending deluge), socialising with my new house mates and just generally finding my feet. One really pleasant aspect of St John's is the buttery. It's our canteen and an example of the food they serve can be found here. The prices are low but the quality is high.

The real stuff started on the 1st of October with the official start of term and the freshers week of fun organised by the SBR (graduate society in St John's).